Capturing the Sacred: American Photography and Mexican Farmworkers
Professor Lloyd Barba In his lecture, Professor Barba examined Mexican migrant farm workers in the central valley of California. His research focused …
Family Frames
Family Frames by Marianne Hirsh (1997) This article draws from the other assigned reading we did for this class, Camera Lucida by …
Dignifying the Guerillero, Not the Assassin
Dignifying the Guerillero, Not the Assassin, by Kristen Weld (2012) This article told the story of the archival work done to uncover …
Archive Fever by Derrida
Archive originally meant an address or house of the magistrates, or those who had political power. Therefore, the meaning of archive changed …
Orality and Literature
Orality and Literature, by Ong This was a fascinating chapter about the development of writing, how it was viewed by past civilizations, …
What America Means to Me–Robert Yukimasa Nishiyama
For this blog, I chose “What America means to me” by Robert Yukimasa Nishiyama. I thought this was an incredible story that …
Technology and its role in present culture
I have to admit, these readings, for the most part, went way over my head. I wasn’t able to fully comprehend the …
Silencing the Past
“Silencing the Past” by Michael-Rolf Trouillot begins with the story of the Hatian Revolution. Hatians fought against the French, who ruled over …
How Societies Remember
In “How Societies Remember,” by Paul Connerton (1989), he expands upon Halbwach’s idea of communal memory. He opens with the theory that …